Kate’s notes: William Gilliland, the father of Fannie Gilliland, is the man associated with the historic Gilliland Log Cabin & Cemetery in Charleston, WV. Fannie’s will, along with that of her father, are included among the archive of wills in the Gilliland Trails library. At first glance Mrs. Gilliland’s will can be a bit confusing, as both her brother and husband shared the same name, John Gilliland.

Charleston Daily Mail
Charleston, West Virginia
1 June, 1925

GILLILAND FUNERAL

   Funeral services for Mrs. Fannie Gilliland will be conducted at her home at 607 Brooke stareet Tuesday morning at 10:30 o’clock. Rev, Ernest Thompson will officiate.
   Mrs. Gilliland was 85 years old and had been a life-long resident of Charleston. She is survived by her sister, Mrs. Margaret E. Allen of Brooks street and a brother, John Gilliland of Kanawha City.

-transcription by Kate Maynard, 2012